\Header{Sys.time}{Get Current Time and Timezone}
\alias{Sys.timezone}{Sys.time}
\keyword{utilities}{Sys.time}
\keyword{chron}{Sys.time}
\begin{Description}\relax
\code{Sys.time} returns the system's idea of the current time and
\code{Sys.timezone} returns the current time zone.\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
Sys.time()
Sys.timezone()
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Value}
\code{Sys.time} returns an object of class \code{"POSIXct"} (see
\link{DateTimeClasses}).

\code{Sys.timezone} returns an OS-specific character string, possibly
an empty string.\end{Value}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\Link{date}} for the system time in a fixed-format character
string.\end{SeeAlso}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
Sys.time()
## locale-specific version of date()
format(Sys.time(), "%a %b %d %X %Y")

Sys.timezone()
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

